Sven Giegold

Month: September 2020

New study on tax avoidance by real estate investors: Double damage to the common good

Many citizens in Germany are suffering from exploding rents and have to spend an ever greater share of their income on housing. Our new study shows with several case studies: Rents are driven partly by real estate investors who shift their profits abroad and thus do not pay taxes in Germany. Municipalities lose trade tax […]

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Banned poison in imported jewellery must have political consequences

Dear friends, Dear interested, The door is wide open for the import of illegal and dangerous products into the EU. The European Chemicals Agency, in cooperation with the chemicals regulation enforcement and customs authorities in 16 EU member states, has tested imported products for their compliance with EU laws. The results are alarming. Almost a […]

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Job opening: Parliamentary Assistant for Economic and Monetary Affairs in my Brussels office

Dear friends, dear interested, I am looking to strengthen the team in my Brussels office for the work in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. I am looking forward to receiving applications! Please forward this job offer to anyone interested. The vacancy notice can be found below.   With European Green Greetings, Sven Giegold […]

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Commission proposal on crypto assets and Libra: Regulation must solve money laundering problems, not taboo them

Today, departing Finance Commissioner Dombrovskis presented a legislative package on the digitalization of the financial system. This includes in particular a new strategy for payment services and a legislative proposal for the digital resilience of the financial sector. The legislative proposals for the regulation of crypto-assets in particular had been long awaited. The proposals stipulate […]

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ESMA Report Cum-Ex/Cum-Cum: Preventing tax theft through European rules

Dear friends, dear interested, Today the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued its report on Cum-Ex / Cum-Cum & Co (euphemistically called “dividend arbitrage”). The report was requested by the European Parliament on initiative of us Greens, to assess these transactions of a cross-border nature. In particular, the European Parliament wanted more clarity […]

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Animal transports in the European Parliament: new inquiry committee on animal suffering elected green chair

Dear friends, dear interested, The European Parliament has finally set up an inquiry committee on animal transports. The special committee, limited to one year, will investigate how EU animal welfare rules for animal transports within the EU and to non-EU countries are systematically broken and propose changes to improve enforcement as well as new rules. […]

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